Best alternatives to Text Editor (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Text Editor, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Text Editor alternatives, compared
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Text Editor
A free, highly customizable text and code editor extension for your browser.
≈70K users3.9★ from 31 ratingsUpdated 2 days ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Text Editor
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- 2
Text Editor
Plain Text Editor: a simple online notepad to quickly edit the text, jot bloc note and make txt file effortlessly.
≈5K users4.7★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions- About 18× fewer users than Text Editor
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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ZIP Extractor
Open a ZIP file from a link in ZIP Extractor.
≈200K users4.3★ from 15.1K ratingsUpdated 3 days ago2 permissions- About 2.2× more users than Text Editor
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
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LaTeX Editor
A lite, free & flexible LaTeX editor app for your browser.
≈20K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Text Editor
- Updated less recently
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Text Extractor
Extracts visible text from web pages and displays it in a field where it can be copied
≈6K users5.0★ from 5 ratings3 permissions- About 15× fewer users than Text Editor
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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PDF Editor
PDF Editor - edit, merge and combine PDF documents.
≈80K users1.9★ from 87 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Text Editor
- Rated 1.6 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Word Editor
A free & easy-to-use word editor extension for your browser.
≈6K users3.7★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago3 permissions- About 15× fewer users than Text Editor
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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Text Tools
Handy text tools a click away
≈3K users4.0★ from 30 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 30× fewer users than Text Editor
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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PDF Editor Extension - PDFzorro
Open PDF files with Google Chrome™ and edit them with this PDFzorro Extension
≈20K users3.6★ from 93 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago3 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Text Editor
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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Cookie Editor
Simple yet powerful Cookie Editor that allow you to quickly create, edit and delete cookies without leaving your tab.
≈200K users4.3★ from 305 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions- About 2.2× more users than Text Editor
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
Text Editor alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Text Editor?
By users, the most popular alternative is ZIP Extractor with ≈200K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Text Editor.
Which Text Editor alternative has the best rating?
Text Editor has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 54 ratings.
Is there a Text Editor alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Text Tools asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Text Editor.
How many alternatives to Text Editor are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Text Editor on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.